The Spark & Whimsy

The Spark & Whimsy Portrait Photography & Elopements Reflecting your beauty, light and vulnerability back to you.

I have had a really tough year. I lost some really important people, and the grieving process was long, triggering and p...
08/01/2025

I have had a really tough year. I lost some really important people, and the grieving process was long, triggering and painful. I had to scale my life back to begin to understand, unpack and address a diagnosis of complex PTSD and how it has affected my life. It’s been a wild ride, but I’m working on taking control of my hijacked nervous system so I can begin to heal.

Today I am grateful for flowers and sunshine, my family & friends, my tiny garden, slow and quiet days, and so many other things. I am grateful for myself, for not giving up on myself, and for showing up, even when it’s hard, even when I’m anxious and depressed, even when I’m not perfect. I am grateful for loving myself and for learning to be kind to myself.

This year, I will nourish my body like it is an act of quiet rebellion in memory of the sister I lost to AUD & a lifelong ED. I will love myself even when it feels like no one else does. I will protect my peace. I will lean into ease. I will prioritize rest balanced with discipline. I will put my own mask on first, because I can’t be there for anyone when I am falling apart.

Here’s to another spin around the sun. I’m thankful for the lessons and the blessings, and for working to create a beautiful, peaceful life filled with ease and joy. I am starting to believe that is possible, and it feels good.
☀️🌻🎵🫶😎

Home 🫶
07/05/2025

Home 🫶

PEI! I’ll be visiting in early to mid July. Let me know if you want to make something beautiful together. Limited avail...
06/12/2025

PEI! I’ll be visiting in early to mid July. Let me know if you want to make something beautiful together. Limited availability. Dm me for details.

Social media has never really been for me. Now, with the state of things, it’s even less so. As a queer-pansexual woman ...
01/25/2025

Social media has never really been for me. Now, with the state of things, it’s even less so. As a queer-pansexual woman and artist who primarily works with other women, I feel even less safe here than ever before. Like many of you, I’m in the process of trying to untangle myself from this and other platforms that exploit our personal information, steal our intellectual property, and spread misinformation and hate.

You can find me on bluesky and discord as Sparkwhimsy. Because that’s what I want to do with my one wild, precious life - spark whimsy, be joyful, find peace and enjoy the magic of life. Comparison is the thief of joy, and I almost never feel joyful here.

I wish you joy. I wish you peace. I wish you safety. It is my sincere hope that we individually and collectively use our immense power and privilege to protect the most vulnerable among us.

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.”

✊❤️☮️

I have attended a fair amount of weddings in my time, and this is accurate 😂
12/05/2024

I have attended a fair amount of weddings in my time, and this is accurate 😂

TW: pregnancy loss I posted this picture in 2016. I was in the early weeks of my second pregnancy, and I was excited to ...
11/07/2024

TW: pregnancy loss

I posted this picture in 2016. I was in the early weeks of my second pregnancy, and I was excited to be pregnant again.

About a month later, I had a miscarriage that was devastating for me emotionally, and also required urgent medical attention.

I knew something was wrong early in the day. My midwife monitored the situation all day by phone with me.

Around 4:30pm, things started to escalate. I was losing a lot of blood really quickly and I was told me to go to the hospital asap. My friend came over to watch my 16 month old, and my (now ex-) husband took me to the hospital.

We explained the situation when we got there, and they got me in pretty much immediately. I think my midwife called ahead and told them I was coming.

Miscarriage, while scary and heartbreaking, is surprisingly common I later found out. Approximately 1 in 4 people who are pregnant will have a miscarriage before 20 weeks.

I received excellent medical care that night. The ER team helped me feel better both physically and emotionally about the traumatic experience that I was having, and they certainly didn’t make me feel like I was in trouble or that it was my fault. I will never forget it as long as I live. I’m so grateful for their professional, compassionate and empathetic care.

I feel an obligation to speak about my miscarriage today in hopes that it helps to normalize it as a regular reproductive health issue that may require medical attention, and not something shameful, and it certainly
should not be illegal to give or receive medical care for. I was having a medical emergency, and I received help at the hospital. No one would ever propose making heart attacks illegal.

I am beyond grateful to have had access to medical care when I needed it. I recognize that that it is a huge privilege - one at risk for a lot of folks.

It feels incredibly dangerous when medical care is denied because of ideology. Everyone deserves medical care in the event that it is required when it’s available and consented to. This should not be a controversial statement. And yet…. Here we are. On the cusp of something that feels very, very shaky.

Today, I made a simple alter to some of my loved ones who have passed on. Many say the veil between our world and the sp...
11/03/2024

Today, I made a simple alter to some of my loved ones who have passed on. Many say the veil between our world and the spirit world is thinnest right now, and this is my small way to honour them and their memory. I know my loved ones are with me even though I can’t see them. The love they shared with me when they were alive lives on in me. I’m so grateful for each of them. ❤️

Hope you had a Happy Halloween! 🎃
11/01/2024

Hope you had a Happy Halloween! 🎃

Get like making something different.
10/23/2024

Get like making something different.

I have limited availability left for Spooky Season sessions. Reach out of you’d like to chat! 🎃💀
10/08/2024

I have limited availability left for Spooky Season sessions. Reach out of you’d like to chat! 🎃💀

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